The Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001
5. Disqualifications
and removal of Chairperson or Member of Trustee Committee.-
1.
The
appropriate Government shall remove from office the chairperson or any Member
of the Trustee Committee, who-
a. is, or at any time
has been, adjudged as an insolvent; or
b. has become physically
or mentally incapable of acting as the chairperson or a Member of the Trustee
Committee; or
c. has been convicted of
an offence which, in the opinion of the appropriate Government, involves moral
turpitude; or
d. has acquired such
financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions
as the Chairperson or a Member of the Trustee Committee; or
e. has so abused his
position as to render his continuation in office detrimental to the public
interest; or
f. is, or at any time
has been absent without leave of the Trustee Committee for more than three
consecutive meetings of the Trustee Committee: Provided hat the Trustee
Committee may, on sufficient ground condone the absence of such Chairperson or
Member.
1.
2.
No
such Chairperson or Member of the Trustee Committee shall be removed under
clause (d) or clause (e) of sub-section (1) unless he has been given a
reasonable opportunity of being heard.